Luck favors bringing Jonathan Martin to Indy

For several weeks, if not longer, we’ve said that the Colts could be the best fit for Dolphins tackle Jonathan Martin, if/when (when) Martin leaves the Dolphins.

Colts quarterback Andrew Luck believes it’s a good fit, too.On Wednesday, Luck told Pro Football Talk on NBCSN that he supports the idea of the bringing his former Stanford teammate to Indy.

While Luck pointed out that there have been no internal conversations regarding the possibility of trading for or signing Martin, Luck made it clear that he believes in Martin.

“I’d say I love Jon, we had a great time at Stanford together, still stay in touch with him regularly and I think he’s a great man,” Luck said regarding the input he’d provide, if/when (when) he’s asked about Martin.

Luck said he still regularly talks to Martin, and that they spoke “[p]robably a couple days ago.”

Luck seemed to be choosing his words carefully, but he ultimately provided one key word in response to the question of whether he’d be 100 percent in favor of acquiring Martin: “Yes.”

The Stanford connection to Martin goes beyond Andrew Luck. Offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton and tight end Coby Fleener also were at Stanford when Martin, a second-round pick in 2012, was there.

As a result, if the Colts don’t want Martin, the flag is about as red as it could possibly be.

Makes sense to me, and sounds like they have a built-in advantage to luring him since Luck was a previous teammate and the Colts are the first team to have somebody aggressively try to recruit him and show interest in welcoming him to the team. How does anybody look more attractive to Martin than the Colts right now? Could be a really good value pickup and steal from a conference foe. It will also make Miami look bad if they get fleeced on this and that’s a further recruiting tool to show other players why they would be making a big mistake to choose a team like the Dolphins over their organization that takes advantage of poorly run teams.

hauts81 says:Feb 26, 2014 6:24 PM

Having a leader like Luck in his corner might just be what Martin needs to get his career on track.

The fact that Martin is well oiled turnstile at the tackle position will probably come into play at some point.

finsguy says:Feb 26, 2014 8:48 PM

It’s a perfect fit. Having a soft lineman who can’t block anybody provides perfect symbiosis to the boneheaded trade of a valueable first round pick for a guy who gets 2 yds per carry and fumbles all the time.